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Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President and Revolutionary Leader, Dead at 58
The populist combined the leveling spirit of a kind of new New Deal with a model of social change based on redistributed wealth and communal organization.
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Jury Finds 12 Philadelphia Protesters Not Guilty for Wells Fargo Sit-In
In the matter of The People v. Wells Fargo, a Philadelphia jury on Tuesday found 12 Occupy Philly protesters not guilty for a November 2011 sit-in against the banks’ predatory lending practices.
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Techtivist Report: New Copyright Alert System to Drive Sharers Underground
The CAS, backed by Time Warner, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T - and the U.S. government - will disrupt Internet access for copyright violators.
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Fracking Industry Propaganda Battles Science in Obama's New Energy Pick
President Obama's appointment of Dr. Ernest Moniz to head the U.S. Energy Department is a literal payoff to the hydrofracking industry, which has funneled millions into Moniz's Energy Initiative research at MIT.
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Letter from Bulgaria: What’s Taking Us to the Streets?
Twenty-four years after the supposed fall of communism in Bulgaria, it is the social state that has been brought down - not the communist elites.
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Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else
As usual, we’re collecting nothing from the big banks but demanding sacrifice from the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the young and the middle class.
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In Portugal, "Screw the Troika" Protest Draws Hundreds of Thousands
Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Portuguese cities protesting austerity measures that the government hopes will help to avoid the bailout and lift the country out of recession.
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Jury Finds Occupy Wall Street Protester Not Guilty After Video Contradicts Police Testimony
The first jury trial stemming from an Occupy Wall Street protest resulted in an acquittal, thanks in part to video evidence.
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The Choice In Portland: Austerity Versus a People's Budget
If he gets his way, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales’s austerity axe will continue to swing at the city's most vulnerable citizens.
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Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People
The sequester is simply more proof that our government is putting bank bailouts, military contracts and corporate tax loopholes above the needs of their constituents.
